How to check multiple cells

[Sharon Mann]

First, thanks to pdberger and Ron Rosenfeld for my earlier question. This is
sort of the opposite problem:

On Sheet1, starting with A1 is a 2 column table:

Standby -
Minimum -
Moderate X
Full -

On Sheet2 I want to enter a string of text in a cell if ANY of the cells in
Sheet1!B1 to B4 contain an "X". If none of the cells contain the "X", then I
want to enter nothing ("").

Any takers? Thanks in advance!

Sharon

 

[Roger Govier]

Hi Sharon

One way
=IF(COUNTIF(Sheet1!B1:B4,"X")>0,"yourtext","")

 

[Sharon Mann]

Thanks, Roger! I've never used COUNTIF. Cool!

Hi Sharon

One way
=IF(COUNTIF(Sheet1!B1:B4,"X")>0,"yourtext","")

 

[Dave Peterson]

Debra Dalgleish has a bunch of notes about counting cells at:
http://contextures.com/xlFunctions04.html